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Emergency departments need to do more to support older adults with cognitive impairment

More needs to be done to improve the care that older adults with cognitive impairment - including dementia and delirium - receive when they visit hospital emergency departments, according to a research review in the July ...

Jul 6, 2011

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'Sundowning,' an anxiety syndrome in elderly dementia patients explained in a new study

New research provides the best evidence to date that the late-day anxiety and agitation sometimes seen in older institutionalized adults, especially those with dementia, has a biological basis in the brain.

Jun 27, 2011

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Relief on the way for delirium patients

Adults with dementia and delirium may soon have a way to combat their delirium, thanks to a $2.4 million, five-year grant from the National Institutes of Health.

May 27, 2011

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Emergency departments need to do more to support older adults with cognitive impairment

'Sundowning,' an anxiety syndrome in elderly dementia patients explained in a new study

Relief on the way for delirium patients

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